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- 11 November 1969 - 3 February 1976 (Creation)
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General management administration file for GeminiScan Limited, 11 November 1969 - 3 February 1976.
Includes: minutes of the meetings of the board of GeminiScan held on 11 November 1969 and 27 July 1971; company profiles, 1969; datakit press releases, 1969; memorandums examining the potential of GeminiScan producing 'Eurocop' as a daily cartoon strip for The Sun newspaper, 4-7 October 1971; requests for datakits, 1972; a report, by Labour MP Guy Barnett, concerning proposals for the production of datakits on current affairs topics, 1972; draft terms on which GeminiScan will supply Gemini News Service Limited with graphics, 4 June 1973; memorandum concerning the possibility of producing a Commonwealth datakit, nd; a letter from Cliff Hopkinson, artist and director of GeminiScan, to Oliver Carruthers, director of GeminiScan, 1974; correspondence between Oliver Carruthers and Derek Ingram (Gemini editor), concerning the charges and problems with the production and supply of graphics to Gemini News Service, 1975-1976 and a promotional leaflet by WHS Distributors and GeminiScan for Gemini books and kits, nd.
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Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- GeminiScan (1968-); design and publishing company (Subject)
- Gemini News Service (1967-2002); news agency (Subject)
- Barnett; Nicolas Guy (1928-1986); politician (Subject)
- Hopkinson; Cliff; picture editor (Subject)
- Carruthers; Oliver; journalist / business owner (Subject)
- Ingram; Derek (1925-2018); founder and editor of Gemini News Service (Subject)
- WH Smiths (1792-); retail chain (Subject)
- The Sun (1965-); newspaper (Subject)